Two positively-charged plastic straws near each other tend to

A) attract each other.
B) repel each other.
C) neutralize each other.


Answer: B

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a. it is passing car A. b. it has the same linear (tangential) acceleration as car A. c. it has the same centripetal acceleration as car A. d. it has the same total acceleration as car A. e. it has traveled farther than car A since starting.

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Which of the following is true about Bragg planes?

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(Choose all that apply.) Observatories on mountaintops can detect

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